Mohammed Kateregga

Joan Namunina

<p>Lightning Simple Social Share is a fast light-weight social sharing plugin for WordPress. With zero external dependencies and lightning-fast performance, it adds beautiful social media share buttons without slowing down your site.</p>
<p><strong>Lightning Fast Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>8 Popular Social Networks</strong>: Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, WhatsApp, Telegram, Reddit, and Email</li>
<li><strong>Zero External Dependencies</strong>: No external JavaScript or CSS libraries – blazing fast loading</li>
<li><strong>Ultra Lightweight</strong>: Less than 2KB total footprint</li>
<li><strong>GDPR Compliant</strong>: No tracking, no cookies, no personal data collection</li>
<li><strong>Privacy First</strong>: Share URLs generated client-side only when clicked</li>
<li><strong>Customizable Design</strong>: Choose between rounded or square button styles</li>
<li><strong>Flexible Display</strong>: Show on posts, pages, or use shortcodes anywhere</li>
<li><strong>Translation Ready</strong>: Fully internationalized and ready for translation</li>
<li><strong>Developer Friendly</strong>: Clean, well-documented code following WordPress standards</li>
</ul>
<p>** Why Choose Lightning Simple Social Share?**</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Performance First</strong>: No external dependencies mean faster page loads</li>
<li><strong>Privacy Focused</strong>: No tracking scripts or data collection</li>
<li><strong>Clean Code</strong>: Follows WordPress coding standards and best practices</li>
<li><strong>Accessible</strong>: Proper HTML structure and keyboard navigation</li>
<li><strong>Responsive</strong>: Looks great on all devices</li>
<li><strong>Lightning Fast & Simple</strong>: Easy setup with blazing-fast performance</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Usage:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Configure settings under Settings > Lightning Share</li>
<li>Buttons automatically appear on posts/pages (configurable)</li>
<li>Use <code>[lightning_simple_share]</code> shortcode anywhere</li>
<li>Developers can use <code>do_shortcode('[lightning_simple_share]')</code> in templates</li>
</ol>
<h3>Developer Notes</h3>
<p>Lightning Simple Social Share follows WordPress coding standards and best practices:</p>
<ul>
<li>All output is properly escaped</li>
<li>User input is sanitized and validated</li>
<li>Follows WordPress naming conventions</li>
<li>Uses WordPress APIs exclusively</li>
<li>Translation ready with proper text domains</li>
<li>Hooks and filters for extensibility</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Hooks Available:</strong><br />
* <code>lsss_share_networks</code> – Filter available social networks<br />
* <code>lsss_button_html</code> – Filter individual button HTML<br />
* <code>lsss_container_class</code> – Filter container CSS classes</p>
<p>For support, feature requests, or contributions, please visit the plugin’s GitHub repository.</p>


Lightning Simple Social Share

Ultra-fast, lightweight social media share buttons with zero dependencies. Privacy-focused and GDPR compliant social sharing for WordPress.

Social Snap

<h4>WordPress Social Sharing Plugin</h4>
<p>Social Snap is a WordPress social sharing plugin that helps you <strong>drive more traffic and increase engagement</strong> by leveraging the power of social media. Learn more at <a href="https://socialsnap.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion" title="Click here to learn more about Social Snap!" rel="friend nofollow ugc">Social Snap</a>.</p>
<p>Within minutes, you can have Social Snap up and running. Giving your new and repeat visitors the ability to share your content like wildfire!<br />
We take pride in providing <strong>high-end UX/UI</strong> within our product. That’s why our <strong>easy to use</strong> interface and intuitive design make Social Snap a great choice for beginners and advanced users looking for a social sharing plugin.</p>
<p>Social Snap is loading asynchronously and it’s using vector icons that won’t slow down your website. We spent months making sure Social Snap performance was top-notch. Expect <strong>great performance</strong> when using it yourself and displaying Social Snap social share and follow options to your visitors.</p>
<h4>Social Share & Follow Buttons</h4>
<p>Easily add beautiful and highly customizable <strong>social share buttons</strong>. Choose from most popular social networks and actions.</p>
<ul>
<li>Facebook Share Buttons</li>
<li>X (Twitter) Share Buttons</li>
<li>LinkedIn Share Buttons</li>
<li>Mix Share Buttons</li>
<li>Email – Makes it easy to share via Gmail, Yahoo or any other email app</li>
<li>Print – Easily allow your visitors to print your content</li>
<li>Copy Link – Allows your visitors to copy the current page URL in one click and quickly share with friends.</li>
<li>Display individual and/or total share counts</li>
<li>Easily edit share button labels and maximize engagement</li>
<li>Display different share buttons for mobile/desktop screens</li>
<li>“More Networks” button – Choose which share buttons you display and hide the rest inside the Social Snap widget to keep your site clean and clear</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p>Unlock 30+ social share buttons and actions, share counters for all buttons, URL shortening via Bitly and more awesome features by <a href="https://socialsnap.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion" title="Click here to learn more about Social Snap!" rel="friend nofollow ugc">upgrading today</a>.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Grow your social following with <strong>social follow buttons</strong> and fan counters. Easily allow users to follow your brand across your preferred social media channel.</p>
<ul>
<li>Facebook</li>
<li>X (Twitter)</li>
<li>Pinterest</li>
<li>Tumblr</li>
<li>Mix</li>
<li>Instagram</li>
<li>Display fan counters</li>
<li>Plenty customization options</li>
</ul>
<h4>Share Buttons Placement</h4>
<p>Choose where you would like to show your share buttons:</p>
<ul>
<li>Content share buttons: share buttons before content, share buttons after content, or both before & after content</li>
<li>Floating Sidebar Share Buttons – Vertical share bar, fixed to the left or right with plenty customization options available to the share buttons</li>
<li>On Media Share Buttons – Add share buttons or Pinterest Save (Pinit) button on your images</li>
<li>As a shortcode, social share buttons within your website’s layout</li>
<li>In your theme/plugin code with template tags</li>
<li>Each share button placement can be optionally hidden on mobile devices</li>
</ul>
<h4>Highly Customizable</h4>
<p>We understand all sites have their own style so we made it easy to customize your share buttons to match your site’s design.</p>
<ul>
<li>Change share buttons order</li>
<li>Change share buttons labels</li>
<li>Show/Hide share buttons labels</li>
<li>Multiple share button shapes</li>
<li>Three share buttons sizes</li>
<li>Show share buttons tooltips</li>
<li>Show share count for each social network</li>
<li>Show total share count</li>
<li>Disable share buttons on selected individual pages</li>
<li>Control spacing between share buttons & more</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Social Snap Pro</strong></p>
<p>  This plugin is the lite version of the Social Snap Pro plugin that comes with all the social sharing features you will ever need including all major social networks, share count recovery, social share meta tags, social login, boost old posts, social auto-poster and more! <a href="https://socialsnap.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion" title="Social Snap" rel="friend nofollow ugc">Click here to purchase Social Snap Pro now!</a></p>
</blockquote>
<h4>Click to Tweet Boxes</h4>
<p>A simple way to add “Click to Tweet” share boxes across any post, page or sidebar. No need to style it or mess with any code, it just simply works. Let your visitors share your content on X (Twitter) with just one click.</p>
<ul>
<li>6 Beautifully Designed Styles</li>
<li>Optionally append page link at the end of the tweet</li>
<li>Optionally append via @username at the end of the tweet</li>
<li>Add up to two accounts that X (Twitter) will suggest to the user to follow after he’s Tweeted</li>
</ul>
<h4>Lightweight & Fast Loading</h4>
<ul>
<li>Loads asynchronously so it doesn’t slow down your website</li>
<li>Uses super-lightweight SVG (vector) icons that are fast to load and look crisp across all devices</li>
</ul>
<h4>Fully Responsive & Retina Ready</h4>
<p>As you’d expect, Social Snap is a 100% mobile responsive social sharing plugin, so no matter the screen size, your social sharing tools will look great on all devices (mobile, tablet, laptop, and desktop). Super-lightweight SVG icons load fast and look crisp at any size.</p>
<h4>Shortcode, Widget & Gutenberg Support</h4>
<p>In addition to the pre-defined placement options for share buttons, with Social Snap shortcodes, widgets and Gutenberg blocks you have total control over where and how you implement social sharing on your site.</p>
<h4>Social Snap PRO</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Social Login</strong> – Allow users to login to your website through their favorite social media</li>
<li><strong>Social Auto-Poster</strong> – Automatically post your content to social networks when you publish new posts or pages</li>
<li><strong>Boost Old Posts</strong> – Bring your old posts to life by automatically posting them on social networks</li>
<li><strong>Social Content Locker</strong> – Ask visitors to share your page in order to access the content</li>
</ul>
<p>Want to unlock more amazing features? <a href="https://socialsnap.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to our Pro version.</a></p>
<p>We created Social Snap to give everyone access to all the powerful tools they would need to have a successful social media strategy. Take a look at the screenshots below to see why designers, developers, bloggers, small business owners and more choose Social Snap – Social Sharing plugin!</p>
<h3>Source Code & Build Tools</h3>
<p>This plugin includes minified/compiled JavaScript and CSS files for performance. The original, human-readable source code is included in the plugin package:</p>
<h4>Source File Locations</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>JavaScript source files:</strong> <code>assets/js/dev/</code></li>
<li><strong>SCSS/CSS source files:</strong> <code>assets/css/dev/</code></li>
</ul>


Social Snap — Social Share Buttons & Click to Tweet

Social sharing plugin with share buttons for Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn and more. Includes Click to Tweet feature.

Lightning Simple Social Share vs Social Snap — Social Share Buttons & Click to Tweet